Adapting an opening idea.

People may remember my last post in this forum about a game I won in 12 moves with From's Gambit. (See here: http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-showcase/a-froms-gambit-quicki)

This game is a variation on the kingside attack theme that was very reminiscient of From's Gambit, even though it arose, unbelievably enough, from the wildly different opening that is Owen's Defense (1. e4 b6). I was playing White and geared up for this type of attack following an early f6 push by my opponent. The lesson remains, as it is often said, to be careful with the timing of f-pawn advances (and some subsequent moves in this instance).

This game offers an object lesson for a number of tactics that can surprisingly often come into play and are great to watch out for. Without further ado, here's the game.

I actually hadn't seen that line in Owen's Defense before, Gambitking, thanks for sharing that!

EDIT: I'm also curious as to which of Bd3 or Nc3 are considered preferable/mainline there. Time to go digging.